AGL 087: Giving Your First Talk with Justin James

About Justin

For over 20 years, Justin has been architecting software, leading teams and sharing his knowledge. Justin is the founder of Let Your Nerd Be Heard, creator of the Ultimate Presentation Formula for Nerds, an Award Winning Entrepreneur, an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author, and a Microsoft MVP. He is hired by nerds to take their public speaking skills from zero to hero so they can speak to more than 1s and 0s and are seen as the go to expert. He makes the seemingly scary world of public speaking, simple and easy to understand.

About Justin For over 20 years, Justin has been architecting software, leading teams and sharing his knowledge. Justin is the founder of Let Your Nerd Be Heard, creator of the Ultimate Presentation Formula for Nerds, an Award Winning Entrepreneur, an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author, and a Microsoft MVP. He is hired by nerds to take their public speaking skills from zero to hero so they can speak to more than 1s and 0s and are seen as the go to expert. He makes the seemingly scary world of public speaking, simple and easy to understand. You can find […]

Tricia has more than twenty years of experience in software development and is passionately focused on facilitating high-performance software development environments. Her leadership at all levels of an organization helped lay the groundwork to shift teams from one-year product cycles to feasible, daily delivery of quality software and services. Tricia openly shares stories from her firsthand experience to inspire people to reach new heights through continuous reflection and growth. As a principle in the Agile For All team, she is dedicated to making a difference in the workplace. She is an exceptional leader, coach, mentor, facilitator, trainer, and popular speaker at national conferences. […]

2018 has been a great year. I rebooted the podcast with both solo shows and more interviews than ever before. The number of listeners and total downloads have blown my mind. The number of platforms where you can get A Geek Leader has grown remarkably as well. I learned a lot of valuable information that I can apply to my day job and my life outside of work. I met and talked to some of the coolest people on the planet. I suspect 2019 will be even better. All good retrospectives usually answer 4 questions: What went well? What didn’t […]

Today on the show we’ve got Mike Sarraille, EF Overwatch Co-Founder, Managing Partner & CEO. Mike is one tough guy. Being a Marine wasn’t tough enough for this guy, so he became a Navy Seal. We talk about leadership and ownership in this interview. Its a must listen! About Mike Mike Sarraille is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer, founder and board of director for the VETTED Foundation, a 501(c)3 Veteran executive education platform, a graduate of the University of Texas McCombs Business School, and a leadership instructor and strategic advisor for Echelon Front, a management consulting firm. Mike served fifteen […]

About Carl Over the past decade Carl Kinghorn has had the opportunity to grow as a leader within EFC Systems. He has championed changes to culture, processes, and development techniques that has enabled scaling the company’s ability to deliver quality software to its clients in the agricultural space. During this time, he’s seen the company triple in size; and in his role as VP of the software development group, he gets to be a leader and a teacher with a goal of enabling his teams to succeed. ​​ Carl is active in the Nashville development community as a technical speaker […]

About Mike Mike Cohn is the author of three of best-selling books on agile (User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, Agile Estimating and Planning, and Succeeding with Agile). He is one of the world’s most sought-after and respected Certified Scrum Trainers, a keynote speaker, and an in-demand coach to companies throughout the United States and around the world. As the founder of Mountain Goat Software, Mike specializes in helping companies adopt and improve their use of agile processes and techniques in order to build extremely high-performance development organizations. His weekly email tips on succeeding with agile are read by […]